Swan with cygnet
Work continues with the Fiddlers Ferry power station looking on
“There is great emphasis in today’s climate on making sure the environmental impact of any new course is a positive one, and I am confident that we will be successful on that front, too”
Darren Chapman, Director of Golf, Fiddlers Ferry Golf Club
seasons,” explains James. “Mowing heights in the summer are 6mm, and between 7-8mm in the winter. Now the greens are more established, and to save time, we use our triple mower in the summer months switching back to pedestrian mowers during the winter when we have more time on our hands.” “Tees were seeded with a rye grass mix at the same time as the greens, and are cut twice a week using John Deere 260B hand mowers to 12mm. They are divoted once a week with the same rye grass seed mix to get the best and quickest recovery period.” “Fairways are cut twice a week to15mm with a John Deere 3235B. Currently, we are in the process of draining the fairways at five metre intervals and, at a later date, we will sand band them as well.”
Semi rough is single cut around the Darren Chapman
fairways and greens, once a week, at about 35mm with a John Deere 2653A
Rough is cut at 50mm once a week with a Toro Groundsmaster 4700D. Native rough is cut once a year and is left to its own devices the rest of the time, to allow nature to take its course. “We’ve also dug out a number of drainage ditches and ponds to control water run off and to help the course drain quickly. They also challenge the golfer and make the course more testing whilst, at the same, becoming a wildlife haven for many birds and mammals. When first built, the ponds had quite a bit of pond weed, but this now seems to be under control with foliage taking over,” says James. “A few swans have taken up residence, with one pair rearing a single cygnet this year, which is great to see. It is, now, not unusual to see hares, geese and heron on what was, originally, unused waste ground separating Wigan from Warrington! I believe that the golf course is having a positive affect on local wildlife,” states James, “which is the
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